Harwood, N. (2017) What can we learn from mainstream education textbook research? RELC Journal, 48 (2). pp. 264-277. ISSN 0033-6882
Abstract
Although there is an ever-growing volume of research focused on TESOL textbooks (or coursebooks, as they are sometimes known), I argue that the TESOL research community should pay more attention to textbook research in mainstream education, that is, to the work of those scholars who focus on L1 rather than L2 education, given that there is a rich, methodologically sound tradition of L1 textbook research from which we can usefully learn lessons. I support this argument by describing in detail three exemplary empirical studies of textbooks from mainstream education, identifying how they can inspire and strengthen TESOL research.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2016. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in RELC Journal. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | textbooks; coursebooks; teaching materials; curriculum materials; instructional materials |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > School of English (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 16 Mar 2016 09:15 |
Last Modified: | 13 Nov 2017 12:29 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0033688216645472 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0033688216645472 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:96479 |